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The Buddhist Circuit
View itinerary01 · 3 routes
One region, done properly.
Spiritual · Gentle pace
Three days in the cradle of Buddhism with a Hindu pilgrim town and the oldest caves in India thrown in — all within an hour of one hotel bed.
Adventure · Full pace
The state's adventure hub plus its most pleasant town: glass bridge and zipline, a zoo safari, a car-free cycle to Ghora Katora, the old ropeway to the Shanti Stupa, and Kakolat Falls on the way out.
Forts & heritage · Steady pace
Sher Shah's tomb in its lake, the mountaintop fort of Rohtasgarh, two monsoon waterfalls and a 1,400-year-old temple — the best short trip in Bihar and almost unknown.
02 · 2 routes
Two regions, linked by a river or a road.
Rivers & culture · Steady pace
East along the river to Munger's fort and Bhagalpur's dolphins, then north into Mithila for Darbhanga's palaces and the home of Madhubani painting.
Adventure & wildlife · Steady pace
Up through the republic of Vaishali and the stupa at Kesaria to Champaran's forest: two days of safaris in Bihar's tiger reserve and a day on the Gandak with gharial, dolphins and a raft.
03 · 2 routes
The classic circuits at a pace that lets you linger.
Spiritual · Gentle pace
The classic loop — Patna, Vaishali, Rajgir, Nalanda and Bodh Gaya — done at a pace that leaves time for a sunrise at the Mahabodhi and an afternoon on the hot-spring steps.
Off the beaten path · Full pace
West to east through the places this site exists for: the Kaimur forts and falls, the Barabar caves, Rajgir's outdoors, Kakolat, then the Ganga at Munger and Bhagalpur with a night in a forgotten hill station.
04 · 1 route
The whole state — famous and hidden.
Everything · Steady pace
The Kaimur forts, the Buddhist heartland, the capital, the Ganga towns and Mithila — the complete arc of Bihar's history and landscape, with a slack day built in for the place you fall in love with.
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